What is new since version 3.3
- RFC: Category Groups can be associated with categories. This enables the plugin to display the Category Group Widget for that category group on the category archive page.
- RFC: Changed selecting Category groups in posts from tag-like to checkboxes.
- Removed the Menu item Category groups under Posts and Pages.
- Added several new localizations.
- Bugfix: In combination with WP Supercache an error can occur.
- Bugfix: An error occurs if there are no categories present in WordPress.
- Bugfix: Category Groups would be created every time you saved a post.
- Bugfix: Problem with initializing the plugin.
- Bugfix: When using multiple Category Group widgets, all of them would show up on the special pages instead of just the one selected in the options.
- Bugfix: Localization didn't work.
- Bugfix: A PHP warning would show up when using multiple Category Group widgets.
The AVH Extended Categories Widgets gives you three widgets for displaying categories.
- Replacement of the default category widget to allow for greater customization.
- A top categories widget. Shows the top X categories. This requires WordPress 2.8 or higher.
- A Category Group widget. Shows categories from a group which is associated with the post/page that the visitor is looking at. Categories can be added to a group. Multiple groups can be made and every post/page can be associated with a different group. This requires WordPress 2.8 or higher.
The Replacement Widget
Customizable options:
- Title of the widget.
- Display as List or Drop-down.
- Show number of posts (Count) after the category.
- Hide empty categories.
- Show categories hierarchical.
- Show categories up to a certain depth. (Requires WordPress 2.8 or higher).
- Sort by ID, Name, Count, Slug.
- Sort ascending or descending.
- Show RSS link after the category as text or image.
- Select which categories to show. (Requires WordPress 2.5.1 or higher).
The Top Categories widget
Customizable options:
- Title of the widget.
- How many categories to show.
- Display as List or Drop-down.
- Show number of posts (Count) after the category.
- Sort by ID, Name, Count, Slug.
- Sort ascending or descending.
- Show RSS link after the category as text or image.
- Select which categories to show. (Requires WordPress 2.5.1 or higher).
The Category Group widget
Customizable options:
- Title of the widget, either per widget or per group.
- Display as List or Drop-down.
- Show number of posts (Count) after the category.
- Hide empty categories.
- Sort by ID, Name, Count, Slug.
- Sort ascending or descending.
- Show RSS link after the category as text or image.
You can set the following options for the Category Group Widget:
- Which group to show on the 'special' pages. The 'special' pages are: Home, Category archive, Tag archive, Daily/Monthly/Yearly archive, Author archive, Search results page.
- Which group to show when no group is associated with a post. Useful for older posts that don't have the association.
- Set the default group when editing or creating a post.
You can also select not to show the Category Group widget by selecting the group: None
More information can be found on the AVH Extended Categories. page